Holly Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Maidstone local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 July 1984. Cottage. 1 related planning application.

Holly Cottage

WRENN ID
over-string-elder
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Maidstone
Constituency
Faversham and Mid Kent MP: Helen Whately (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
20 July 1984
Type
Cottage
Address
Holly Cottage, 1, 2 and 3, the Street, Detling, ME14 3JT
OS grid reference
TQ 792 582
Coordinates
51.29523, 0.57005
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Holly Cottage likely began as two cottages, now divided into three. Numbers 2 and 3 date from the early 19th century, while number 1 was built in the mid-19th century. The ground floor is built of brick in English bond, while the first floor has rendered timber framing. The roof is covered with plain tiles. The cottages are two storeys high with an attic. Number 1 has a flint base, while numbers 2 and 3 have brick bases. A Mansard roof is present. There are ridge stacks, one at the left end of number 2, and a smaller one at the right end of number 3. Number 1 features a large dormer with a hipped roof and two sash windows on the first floor. Numbers 2 and 3 together have two small hipped dormers, a two-storey canted bay window on the left, and a first-floor sash window with glazing bars on the right. A panelled door, raised three steps and sheltered by a hood with a triangular pediment supported by carved brackets is located at the right end of number 1. Number 2 has a similar panelled door to the right of the canted bay. A boarded door is in the rear lean-to of number 3. A rear lean-to extends along the entire row, and was possibly added later. The cottages are listed due to their group value.

Local climate

Holly Cottage sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 78% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 68% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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  • Sale history — 15 transactions since 1996
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  • Radon risk assessment
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